Opening up over 200 years of scholarship and creating more

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) is pleased to announce a 2021-2023 Read and Publish agreement with IReL, the Irish e-resources licensing consortium for leading higher education institutions in Ireland.

The agreement enables students, faculty, and researchers at eight universities to gain access to the content in journals published by the Royal Irish Academy dating back to 1787.

In addition, articles by university-affiliated corresponding authors that are accepted for publication from 1 January 2021 in RIA hybrid journals will be made open access immediately upon publication without any article-processing charge.

The Academy ultimately wishes to make the journals ‘Platinum open access’ (giving permanent and free access to published works for readers with no publication fees for the authors, regardless of affiliation) and will do so if similar ‘Read and Publish’ deals are signed and maintained with 30 institutions. Institutions wishing to get involved should contact publications@ria.ie.

“This deal will bring new readers to the Academy’s journals. I also hope that it will bring new authors contributing high-quality original research. We are delighted to be working with IReL to open up to more people the treasure trove of articles dating back to 1787” said Royal Irish Academy’s President, Dr Mary Canning.

Jack Hyland, the IReL Manager said, ‘‘IReL is very happy to partner with RIA in signing its first transformative open access agreement with an Irish publisher, one that has a long history of collaboration with IReL’s members. We are particularly supportive of RIA’s commitment to using this agreement as a steppingstone to making its journals fully open access without restrictions to any readers or authors.”

The journals can be accessed and submissions made at https://www.ria.ie/journals

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Further Information: 

Ruth Hegarty, Managing Editor, RIA Publications at r.hegarty@ria.ie or 086 322 1804

RIA Journals

• Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
• Biology and Environment
• Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
• Irish Journal of Earth Sciences
• Ériu
• Irish Studies in International Affairs

About  IReL

The IReL is a nationally funded e-resource licensing consortium providing access to online resources to participating Irish higher education institutions. For more information about IReL, visit https://irel.ie/

The member universities are:

• Dublin City University
• National University of Ireland Galway
• Maynooth University
• Trinity College Dublin
• University College Cork
• University College Dublin
• University of Limerick
• Technological University Dublin

About the Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy, founded in 1785, is Ireland’s leading body of experts supporting and promoting the sciences and humanities. As an all-island independent forum of peer-elected experts we recognise world-class researchers and champion Irish academic research.

We make a significant contribution to public debate and policy formation on issues in science, technology and culture. We bring together academia, government and industry to address issues of mutual interest by providing an independent forum.

We lead important national research projects, particularly in areas relating to Ireland and its heritage. We represent the world of Irish learning internationally, have a unique globally recognised library and are a leading academic publisher.